GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E5 GA104
GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1290 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
237.4
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3